--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: greenville_eoc Site location: 34.8484 North / 82.4000 West (34° 50' 54" N / 82° 24' 0" W) Ground elevation: 984.25 feet AMSL Antenna height: 170.00 feet AGL / 1154.25 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 164.07 feet Distance to w4djw: 10.25 miles Azimuth to w4djw: 36.49 degrees Depression angle to w4djw: -0.2121 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1926 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: w4djw Site location: 34.9676 North / 82.2924 West (34° 58' 3" N / 82° 17' 32" W) Ground elevation: 1003.94 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1023.94 feet AMSL Distance to greenville_eoc: 10.25 miles Azimuth to greenville_eoc: 216.56 degrees Elevation angle to greenville_eoc: +0.0638 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1485 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Longley-Rice path calculation parameters used in this analysis: Earth's Dielectric Constant: 15.000 Earth's Conductivity: 0.005 Siemens/meter Atmospheric Bending Constant (N-units): 301.000 ppm Frequency: 146.520 MHz Radio Climate: 5 (Continental Temperate) Polarization: 1 (Vertical) Fraction of Situations: 50.0% Fraction of Time: 60.0% Transmitter ERP: 35 Watts ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary for the link between greenville_eoc and w4djw: Free space path loss: 100.13 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 116.45 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 16.31 dB Field strength at w4djw: 49.57 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 80.58 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 98.69 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between w4djw and greenville_eoc, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9529 N, 82.3057 W, 1.26 miles, 1043.31 feet AMSL 34.9511 N, 82.3073 W, 1.42 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL Antenna at w4djw must be raised to at least 39.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at w4djw must be raised to at least 798.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at w4djw must be raised to at least 435.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.